During Tuesday’s Senate hearings into the widening IRS scandal, Senator Ron Wyden (OR-D) suggested that the conservative groups, targeted for paralyzing IRS harassment and leaks to the left-wing media, had it coming.

Wyden said that if political groups don’t want hassles from the government, they shouldn’t go to government for tax exempt status.

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Sen Wyden: If political groups don’t want hassles from government, they shouldn’t go to government asking for tax-exempt status.